Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2003, 5:27 AM CDT for Creek County, Okmulgee County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2003, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2003, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Creek County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1068 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 301029
FFWTUL
OKC037-111-143-301330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
527 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 527 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
OVER A LARGE PART OF TULSA...EASTERN CREEK WESTERN OKMULGEE
COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED
AREA...MAINLY BETWEEN MOUNDS AND JENKS. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 AM CDT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE PRESTON...BEGGS...TULSA...SAND SPRINGS...BIXBY...JENKS...
OWASSO...GLENPOOL...SPERRY...SKIATOOK...COLLINSVILLE...BROKEN
ARROW...BRISTOW...SLICK...MOUNDS...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3618 9625 3623 9601 3642 9601 3644 9582
3617 9583 3617 9578 3592 9577 3585 9583
3567 9601 3567 9619 3568 9659
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KTSA 301155
FFSTUL
OKC037-111-143-301330-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
652 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TULSA...CREEK AND OKMULGEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...
AT 652 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN OVER MUCH OF TULSA...CREEK AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES...MOVING
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER
PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST OF
THE WARNED AREA...BUT ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
830 AM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE LIBERTY...GRAY...PRESTON...BEGGS...HECTORVILLE...TULSA...SAND
SPRINGS...LEONARD...BIXBY...JENKS...OWASSO...GLENPOOL...SPERRY...
SKIATOOK...COLLINSVILLE...BROKEN ARROW...BRISTOW...SLICK...MOUNDS...
KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS
OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE
DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY
AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. IT ONLY TAKES TWO
FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND
PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT
UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.
LAT...LON 3618 9625 3623 9601 3642 9601 3644 9582
3617 9583 3617 9578 3592 9577 3585 9583
3567 9601 3567 9619 3568 9659
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 9:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 4 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.